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Bristol spending £10 million on low-carbon heat networks

Bristol’s journey towards carbon neutrality has been boosted after the Labour-run council agreed to invest £10 million to help expand the city’s heat networks to more communities. The funding will see the city’s heat network – a system of underground pipes that transports hot water from different sources to homes…

Bristol declares ecological emergency

Bristol has declared an Ecological Emergency in response to escalating threats to wildlife and ecosystems, the first major city to declare such an emergency. There has been a worrying decline in numbers and diversity of wildlife in the city and more widely in recent years, with 15% of British wildlife…

Improved walking and cycling route completed ahead of time in Old Market

Commuters who travel through the city centre can now make use of a safer, more accessible route across the Old Market roundabout. The final stages of improvements to the roundabout have now been completed, with wider paths for pedestrians and a new high-quality off-road route for cyclists. The project was…

New and improved electric vehicle charging network launches

Revive, a new council-owned public EV charging network in the West of England, officially launched on Wednesday 20 November, to coincide with the opening of the region’s first electric vehicle (EV) charging hub at Eastville Park. The charging hub in Eastville Park is the first of four planned for the…

Bold plans to combat air pollution in Bristol

Labour-run Bristol City Council has approved an ambitious plan for a Clean Air Zone in the city which will deliver the fastest possible improvement in air quality against targets for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) legal limits. The plan recommends Bristol becomes the first city in the UK to take the bold…

Community energy backing lands national honour for Bristol

Council’s support for city energy projects lauded at national awards. Labour-run Bristol City Council’s backing for projects that help the city achieve its carbon neutral targets has been recognised nationally at the Community Energy Awards 2019. The council clinched the Local Authority of the Year Award at a ceremony at…

Bristol calls for more radical Climate Change action

Cities must lead a radical global response to climate change is the message Bristol City Mayor Marvin Rees has taken to a world summit in Copenhagen. Mayor Rees joined city mayors from around the world to plan bold action on climate change at the C40 Summit. The leaders gathered represent…

Better bus journeys en route for Bristol commuters

Commuters in Bristol will soon benefit from better, more reliable bus journeys as a new city partnership with operators is announced. The Bristol Bus Deal features proposals for a fresh commitment to improve bus travel. The deal involves operators agreeing to increase peak time commuter services while the council invests…

Full Council backs Labour’s Green New Deal motion

After Mayor Marvin Rees added tackling the Climate Emergency to his personal policy portfolio in recent weeks, and appointed Councillor Kye Dudd as Cabinet Member for the Green New Deal — a move thought to be the first of its kind anywhere in the country — Labour Bristol’s motion backing the…

Labour backs Green New Deal

Following the appointment of the first cabinet member for the Green New Deal by a UK council this week, today Bristol’s Labour administration published their ambitious vision for a Green New Deal. This would see Bristol become the first council in the UK to back the Green New Deal, following…